Lead Plaintiff's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants'

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Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff Alan G. Hevesi, Comptroller of the State of New York, as Administrative Head of the New York State and Local Retirement Systems and as Trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Co-Lead Counsel for the Class
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ..................................................... iv PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ...................................................2 STATEMENT OF FACTS .......................................................9 The Fraud at WorldCom ...................................................9 The Fraud Occurred Because of a Corporate Culture That Condoned Fraud, and Because the Gatekeepers Were Complicit ................13 Grubman and the Banks ...................................................18 ARGUMENT ................................................................26 POINT I ....................................................................27 THE COMPLAINT STATES CLAIMS UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12(a)(2) OF THE SECURITIES ACT ............................27 A. With One Exception, All of the Section 11 Defendants Concede That the Complaint Adequately Pleads the Elements of a Section 11 Claim ......................28 B. The Complaint Properly Asserts All Securities Act Claims on Behalf of the Class ......................................................30 C. The Named Plaintiffs Have Standing to Assert Claims under Both Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act ............................35 1. Each Named Plaintiff Has Standing under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) Because It Purchased Bonds Directly in the Offerings ..........................35 2. Named Plaintiffs Have Standing to Assert Section 11 Claims on Behalf of After-Market Purchasers ...............................36 3. HGK Has Standing to Assert Federal Securities Claims ...............39 D. The Named Plaintiffs Have Stated a Claim under Section 12(a)(2) .............42 i
Page 1: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHE
Page 5 and 6: POINT III .........................
Page 7 and 8: Capri v. Murphy, 856 F.2d 473 (2d C
Page 9 and 10: Admin. Proc. File No. 3-4390, 1975
Page 11 and 12: 143 F. Supp. 2d 304 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
Page 13 and 14: Milman v. Box Hill Sys. Corp., 192
Page 15 and 16: Taylor v. Vermont Dept. of Educ., 3
Page 17 and 18: Alan G. Hevesi, Comptroller of the
Page 19 and 20: arguments withstands scrutiny. They
Page 21 and 22: Asset Management, Inc. (“HGK”)
Page 23 and 24: WorldCom’s stock and bonds. Moreo
Page 25 and 26: illion. 5. 6 The accounting fraud,
Page 27 and 28: method of committing financial frau
Page 29 and 30: ampant “internal chicanery and co
Page 31 and 32: would have seen billions of dollars
Page 33 and 34: esponsibilities to investors. By th
Page 35 and 36: even went so far as to ridicule inv
Page 37 and 38: million. 228. Salomon often alloca
Page 39 and 40: could of WorldCom, he never informe
Page 41 and 42: e-mail admitted that he maintained
Page 43 and 44: (Count IV). The Complaint also alle
Page 45 and 46: various of the Underwriter Defendan
Page 47 and 48: ought on behalf of other class memb
Page 49 and 50: Complaint filed by the NYSCRF -- as
Page 51 and 52: The Underwriter Defendants assert t
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The plain language of Section 11 es
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Retirement Income Security Act (“
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inconsistent with the overall purpo
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Pollack v. Laidlaw Hold., Inc., No.
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POINT II THE COMPLAINT STATES CLAIM
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omitted); see also Cromer Finance,
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his hand-picked CFO, then ordered t
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In addition, Ebbers contends that t
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much in charge and knowledgeable ab
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Ebbers’ motive to artificially in
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they specifically made. For example
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public statements, (b) failed to re
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Exchange and the National Associati
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Similarly, the Complaint alleges sc
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Tex. 2002). Significantly, each of
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For all these reasons, the fraud cl
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Further, the Complaint provides gre
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the other hand, when tidal waves of
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See Complete Mgmt. Inc. Sec. Litig.
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exerted” by U.S. senior finance m
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discredited this hypothesis. The ra
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statements for the Offerings or in
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ecommended violated anti-fraud prov
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y failing to disclose to his custom
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at the time the reports were issued
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2. Grubman’s Buy Recommendations
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continue to pursue the acquisitions
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allegations that establish that the
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facts, if taken as true, are certai
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4. The Complaint Adequately Alleges
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the stock. To the extent that the d
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conflicts of interest between Salom
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allege loss causation. 2000 WL 6406
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In Jacobs v. Coopers & Lybrand, L.L
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issued in connection with the Offer
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settled principle of law that direc
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Named Plaintiffs’ Counsel: BERMAN
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